Lath board



Feb. 2, W23.

s. R. SHOUP LATH BOARD Filed Jan. 4, 1921 Fatent Feb. 20, 1923.

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Application filed January 4,1921. 4 Serial No. 435,.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. SHOUIP, a citizen of the United States,residing in "Weehawken, New Jersey, have invented a 5 certain LathBoard, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a manufactured product; a wired lath board,and more particularly to laths or heavier strips of wood fastenedtogether with wire and mounted on heavy tarred paper. lhe lath board isintended to be nailed on to the studding frames and joists of newbuildings and to the walls of old buildings. It has several desirablefeatures ;it is the support and backing for concrete, plaster or veneer.The tarred paper backing keeps the house dry and tight; the paper alsoacts as a backing, thus preventing the waste of concrete; the bevellededges allow the concrete to lock itself into place; the laths fastenedtogether with wire make the material strong and substantial. The lathboard is much easier and quicker to apply and nail in place 2 thanindividual laths.

The wired lath board may be made of strips of wood much heavier than thecoinmon lath. This board nailed to the joist becomes an excellentbacking for concrete floors. It also makes splendid material for packingcases.

Laths spaced apart and adapted to hold concrete are arranged parallel toeach other and are bound by pairs of parallel wires; at

an angle to the binding wires the laths are cemented to a sheet oftarred paper diag-' onal to the length of sheet, the line of the bindingwires being parallel to the edge of the sheet as shown in Fig. 3. Thisangular 4g arrangement of laths is nailed to the studding of buildingsand used as a brace the same as and in place of the sheathing boards asnow used. 7

My invention is fully shown in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a small piece of my improved lath board.

Fig. 2 is an end section of the above. Fi re 3 is a plan view showingthe laths to wireound and mounted on. weather proofing paper mg paper atan angle to the binding wires and to the web of paper.

Fig. 4 is an end view of same In the drawings wood strips or lathe (Fig.1 No. 10) areshown equally spaced, bevelled on one or both edges andbound together byiron wire or heavy twine (11 and 12). I Four pair ofbinding wires (13, 14, 15 and 16) bind the laths and hold them se- Wcurely, When desired the bound laths are wound into rolls and soldwithout the tar paper back. y

Paper (17) coming from a roll is coated with a. thin layer of hot tar(18) the bound laths are pressed to the hot .tar on the paper and woundinto a tight roll; the tar quickly cools and the lath board is ready foruse.

Having thus described my invention, I w claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

1. In combination a series of wooden strips arranged parallel to eachother, several pairs of transverse wires securing said strips together,each of said pairs of wires being twisted together between each of saidwooden strips, and a sheet of weather proofcemented to the said wbodenstrips.

2. In combination a series of wooden W strips arranged parallel to eachother, several pairs of diagonal wines securing said strips together,each of said pairs of wires being twisted together between each of saidwooden strips, and a sheet of weather proof- $5 ing paper cemented to]the said wooden strips.

3. In combination a series of wooden strips having bevelled edgesadapted to hold concrete arranged parallel to each other, to severalpairs of diagonal wires securing said strips together, each of saidpairs of wires 7 being twisted together between each of said woodenstrips, and a sheet of weather proofing paper cemented to the saidvwooden at strips.

4. In building material as described a series of sawed woodv stripshaving bevelled edges adapted to hold concrete, arranged parallel toeach other and connected together by means of pairs of binding wires Intestimony whereof, I have signed my twisted together between each pair0t wood name to this specification in the presence of strips; the saidbinding wires crossing each two subscribing witnesses.

strip diagonally, thus binding the strips SAMUEL R. SHOUP. 5 diagonally,to the binding Wires, together Witnesses." V 4 with a sheet ofweather-proof material ce- ALBERT F. FISHER,

mented to the back of the said sawed strips. FRANCES E. Flsmm

